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‘Suspicious’ fire that killed Jewish lawyer in Dallas may have been revenge

Longtime civil rights attorney Ira Edwin Tobolowsky's body had been doused with some kind of fuel and set alight, a Dallas TV station reported.

ADL to recognize Ottoman Empire’s massacre of Armenians as ‘genocide’

CEO Jonathan Greenblatt also said in a blog post that the ADL will support U.S. recognition of the Armenian genocide — a move the group resisted for many years.

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg opens up to UC grads about her deep grief

It was the first time that Sandberg has publicly discussed the sudden death of husband Dave Goldberg in May 2015.

Michigan public radio station refuses to air birthday greeting to Israel

Anthony Weiner lets it all hang out in new documentary

Several Jewish groups praise Obama administration’s transgender protections

Donald Trump reportedly to get big financial boost from Sheldon Adelson

113-year-old Jewish woman now oldest person in the US

Obama sending mixed messages on Iran, charges ex-sanctions officer

4 more boys charged — but not for hate crime — in school bus arson outside Brooklyn yeshiva

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